The lawyers for two police officers accused of robbing two men in Detroit tried to discredit one of their accusers Wednesday with revelations he is receiving immunity for his testimony, is on probation and only recently claimed a racial slur.

Complaining witness Sergio Love, under questioning by defense attorney Michael Rataj, testified that he saw an Oct. 29 letter from Wayne County prosecutors stating he and the second accuser would not be charged with crimes related to the July incident involving suspended sergeants Michael Notoriano of St. Clair Shores police and David Pomeroy of Detroit police.

“He got a free pass on four felonies,” Rataj, Pomeroy’s attorney, said outside court following the hearing in 36th District Court in Detroit.

Prosecutors say Notoriano and Pomeroy robbed, assaulted and falsely imprisoned Love and his cousin, Robert Cureton, July 21 at a Citgo gas station on French Road at Interstate 94.

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The two cops stole money, a gun, marijuana and a cell phone that the defendants believed was stolen from Notoriano’s daughter the day before on Detoit’s east side, prosecutors say. The gun and phone were taken from the men’s Yukon Denali.

Rataj said in exchange for his testimony, Love is avoiding potential charges for what was discovered by the officers, such as receiving and concealing stolen property, marijuana possession, carrying a concealed weapon and felon in possession of a gun because as someone on probation in an unrelated case he was not supposed to be near a gun.

Court records show Love, 27, was charged in Wayne County Circuit Court in 2011 with two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. He pleaded guilty to one count of the dangerous weapon charge in exchange for dismissal of the two other counts. He was sentenced last February to two years probation by Judge Craig Strong.

Rataj and Notoriano’s attorney, Todd Flood, also attacked Love’s claim that Notoriano used the n-word several times while robbing Love with a gun. Love is black; Notoriano is white.

Friday, the first day of the preliminary examination, was the first time the defense attorneys say Love made that claim.

“He never mentioned the n-word,” Flood said after the hearing. “All of a sudden, it comes out … all just to enhance the prosecutor’s position.”

Notoriano is also charged with ethnic intimidation.

Love on Wednesday acknowledged he didn’t make the accusation in statements to police, blaming apparent racial fear.

“I was in fear,” he said. “Every officer who interviewed me was Caucasian.”

He insisted he told Assistant Wayne County Prosecutor Christine Kowal.

He later admitted that one of the officers who interviewed him at the scene shortly after the incident was black.

Flood during and after the hearing accused Love of being untruthful about his claim on Friday that Notoriano held a gun to his head.

“He is outright lying,” he said. “Notoriano did not put a gun to his head.”

Flood said Notoriano did have a gun in his holster. He said four photographs of the incident taken by a bystander support Notoriano’s version.

Flood said it’s premature to say whether Notoriano would testify at a trial to counter Love’s claims. But he said, “I don’t think my client will have any issues taking the stand.”

The defense attorneys tried to defuse Love’s claim his wallet was stolen from his pocket. He testified his drivers license was in the wallet, but the attorneys pointed out he has not applied for a new license.

Notoriano, 42, and Pomeroy, 48, are also charged with larceny of a firearm, willful neglect of duty, two counts of unlawful imprisonment and unlawful search, seizure and detention.

The hearing in front of Judge Joseph Baltimore will continue Friday afternoon.